Untitled (Native American in buffalo headdress)
Artist: Richard Throssel.Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933.Creation Date: c. 1910.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash.Accession Number: 2003.003.053
Clay Vase, Sagamore Hill national historic site
This clay vase was designed by Edward Kemeys who was interested in Native Americans and the West. There are high relief and low relief carvings of Native American faces and scenes of Native Americans hunting bi... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, students, part of a cadre in ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Earthlodge interior Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Native American Vessel - National Parks Gallery
Partially restored but incomplete Native American vessel was found near Mayport Florida.
At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Melhok ki (ocotillo house), O'odham dwelling
Melhok ki (ocotillo house), O'odham dwelling with hanging gourds and grinding stones
Indian Shooting Gun, Cheyenne or Arapaho
United States, Oklahoma Public domain photograph of leather object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bernard Picart - Voorstellingen van priester en tovenaar
Blad met drie voorstellingen van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia. Boven: Een priester in een mantel waar één arm uitsteekt. Het haar kortgeschoren. Onder: Een tovenaar of waarzegger in een ottervel en met een... More
Theodor de Bry - Their manner of fishing in Virginia
Native men and women in a canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia: of the commodities and of the natu... More
[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco ha...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coast from the vicinity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina of the United States, location of Indian settlements, and lakes and rivers in the region to the Pánuco River ... More
Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.
Fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]
Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.
Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More
Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More
Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]
Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More
[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.
An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More
[Indian seated in hut] - Public domain book illustration
Illus. in: America. Edited by Theodor de Bry. Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung d. Bry, 1590, plate 21.
[How the chief ladies of the town of Dasamonquepeio dress and carry th...
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native woman of Dasamonquepeio showing manner of dress and way of carrying a child on her back; view of river and landscape in the background. Illus. in: Admiranda nar... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.
Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590, [plate] 12.... More
Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]
An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More
[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress
Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.
Theodor de Bry - [The dances at their great feasts]
Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ri... More
[A fortified village]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A Native village with the chief's house in the center, surrounded by huts of other principal men, and fortified by a circular arrangement of tall palings that spiral to a narrow opening at the entrance. Illus. ... More
[The widows approach the chief]
Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.
[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iac... More
[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More
[Exercises of the youths] - Public domain book illustration
Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.
[The queen-elect is brought to the king]
Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More
Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio
French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Rena... More
Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]
The arrival of the French expedition under Laudonnière at the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Fran... More
Johannes Staden tries to swim to a French boat in order to escape, but...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 50. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Johannes Staden helps to defend the Indians who captured him against ...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 35. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Johannes Lerii's account of the description of the method the Indians ...
Indians barbecuing and eating parts of human bodies. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 155. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More
Ceremonies used when killing enemies and eating these. Methods of kill...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 83. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Johannes Staden being kept prisoner on San Maro by Indians
Who are fighting other Indians. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johannes Lerii's account of Caraibes Indians with rattles dancing and ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Johannes Staden goes to war with the Indians
Indians cooking, eating, relaxing, etc. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 52. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More
The Tuppin Ikin Indians fight the Tuppin Inwa, who are holding Johanne...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 54. Same illus. used a second time on p. 189 in account of Johannes Lerii. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old ... More
Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 87. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Johannes Lerii's account of Indians persecuted by demons whom they cal...
Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 215. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak India...
Engraving by DeBry. Illus. in: DeBry, America, pt. 4, plate IX. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD?; Columbus; Indians; Haiti.
Titelpagina van het pamflet: Den Spaenschen ende Arragoenschen spiegel...
Titelprent van een pamflet getiteld: Den Spaenschen ende Arragoenschen spiegel. Inde welcke men mach claerlick ende waerachtich sien tot wat eynde ... het voornemen is ... van 't Spaensche Crijchsvolck, dat hem... More
[Indians greeting Francis Drake]
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Weduwen van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Florida
Public domain scan of 17th-18th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oorlogsplechtigheden van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Florida
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Bernard Picart - Oorlogsritueel van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Voorstelling van een plechtigheid om een overwinning te vieren. De Indianen hebben zich rond een groot vuur geschaard. Ze dansen en maken muziek met kalebassen. Onder de voorstelling een onderschrift in het Frans.
Bernard Picart - Oorlogsplechtigheden van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Flo...
Blad met twee voorstellingen van plechtigheden van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Florida. Boven: Een koning woont een ritueel ter voorbereiding van een oorlogsexpeditie bij. Onder: Een koning raadpleegt een tovenaar... More
Offerrituelen van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Florida
Public domain photo of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Oorlogsritueel van Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Public domain photo of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Graftombe van de koningen van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
De Indianen uit Virginia bewaren de lichamen van hun koningen en opperhoofden. In de graftombe staat een afgodsbeeld van Kiwasa. Een priester houdt naast een vuur de wacht bij de lichamen. Onder de voorstelling... More
[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]
Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]
Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More
[How the Spanish were welcomed by the Indians]
Illus. in: DeBry, Americae (1618). Reference copy may be in LOT 4409A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ind. & white man; DeBry; Shelf.
[2 illus. of warfare of Canadian Indians]
Indians & French attacking hexagonal Indian fortification. Illus. in: Champlain, Les Voyages, 1619. plate between pp. 254-5. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA CANADA 16 ? This record contai... More
[4 illus. of Indians: warrior in armor; woman grinding maize; woman we...
Illus. in: Samuel Champlain, Voyages et Descouvertes..., 1619, fol. 87 verso. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Misc.... More
[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top i...
Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 23 recto.
[2 illus. of warfare of Canadian Indians]
Indians attacking and killing other Indians and Frenchmen; bodies burning beside large cross.
[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shel...
Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 110 recto.
Stefano Della Bella - Vrouw uit Virginia
Speelkaart met een voorstelling van een staande vrouw in exotische dracht uit Virginia. Tekst in ondermarge. Genummerd linksboven: 9.
[Ship of Dutch navigator Willem Cornelis Schouten (1567?-1625) being g...
Illus. in: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. Description des Indes Occidentales, qu'on appelle ajourdhuy le Nouveau Monde (Amsterdam, 1622). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... More
[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...
Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... More
The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...
The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More
Wenceslaus Hollar - Mulier ex Virginia
Vrouw uit Virginia, Amerika. Overgenomen van Thoedor de Bry, naar tekening van John white in Thomas Harriot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgina, Frankfurt, 1590.
Portret van een Amerikaanse Indiaan uit Virginia
Public domain photo of man portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Murder of the missionaries by the Indians]
Illus. in: Historiae Canadensis - New France. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Canada; Relig. Missionaries; Indians & w.; Shelf.
The Mississippi / Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Shows trees, animals, and names of the Indian nations. Pen-and-ink and watercolor; detached from paper and mounted on cloth backing. "This is the copy of a sketch of the Mississippi Ri... More
The Indians marching upon a visit, onto a feast. Lacenta, his lady, [a...
Engraving by I. Savage. Illus. in: Lionel Wafer, A New Voyage ... the Isthmus of America, 1699, p. 140. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Indians.
Mask over Assembly Room doorway
While this mask may resemble a Native American figure, it actually is simply part of the design vocabulary of the 18th century. Common motifs such as this mask appeared widely in pattern book publications dist... More
[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...
Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More
Raquetes. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Snowshoes and Natives wearing snowshoes while hunting deer.
["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]
Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.
Koning en Koningin van de Mississippi, 1720
Een gezin van drie Noord-Amerikaanse indianen, de koning en koningin van de Mississippi genoemd. Op de achtergrond kannibalisme, het roosteren op een vuur van menselijke ledematen. Gebruikt als verwijzing naar ... More
Goden van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
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Goden van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Blad met twee voorstellingen van goden die de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia vereren. Boven: Het afgodsbeeld van Kiwasa. Onder: Het afgodsbeeld van de god van de wind. Onder de voorstellingen een onderschrif... More
Graftombe van de koningen van de Amerikaanse Indianen uit Virginia
Picryl description: Public domain image of a chamber, cell, interior, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...
Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.
[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, till...
Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîne [etc.], 1724, vol. 2, pl. 7, opp. p. 154.
[Map of the several nations of Indians to the Northwest of South Carol...
"This map describing the scituation [sic] of the several nations of Indians to the NW of South Carolina was coppyed [sic] from a draught drawn & painted on a deer skin by an Indian Cacique and presented to Fran... More
[De Quelle maniere Tascaluça reçut General]
The manner in which Toscaluça received the General. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride / par Ferdinand de Soto. Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pierre... More
[Découverte d'une trahison dans Mauvila]
Discovery of treachery in Mauvila. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts, with two vignettes of Nativ...
Similar view of Boston incorporating lower left vignette of Native hunting was engraved by J. Turner and published in the American Magazine, 1745 August, title page.
Carte particulière d'une partie de la Louisianne ou les fleuve et rivi...
Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Map in 2 sections mounted on cloth backing. Prime meridian: [Paris]. "This map of the Mississippi River Valley from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Mobile includes inter... More
[View of Boston] / J. Turner. - An open book with a picture of a town ...
Print shows bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts, with view of Native hunting and a palm tree in the foreground. Illus. in: The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Boston : Printed and sold by Roge... More
Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image
Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More
A New humorous song, on the Cherokee chiefs Inscribed to the ladies of...
A broadside comprising seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes; these men are named, "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Ma... More
Austenaco, great warrior, Commander in Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Illustration showing Austenaco: full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: The royal magazine or gentleman's monthly companion. London : Printed for J. Coote, 1762, July, opp. p. 16.
A general map of the country on the Ohio and Muskingham showing the si...
Map showing Native towns in the Ohio River Valley. Illus. in: An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year 1764 [...] / published from authentic documents by a lover of his coun... More
A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the I...
Print shows a Native chief holds back two Natives who were about to kill an Englishman. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1768, p. E2. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings an... More
[America, 1771 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of ornamental art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A plan of part of the rivers Tombecbe, Alabama, Tensa, Perdido, & Scam...
Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Cadastral map. Drawn from the original map in British archives "Col. Off. 5. Vol. 73, pp. 103-104. (Old A.W.I. 276)." Inclu... More
[America, 1772 - title page ornamentation showing Native wearing skirt...
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